Supreme Court · 2016 INSC 398 · Decided 10 May 2016
Vohra Sadikbhai Rajakbhai & ORS. v. State of Gujarat & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2016 INSC 398 · [2016] 2 S.C.R. 772
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1866/2016
- Decided
- 10 May 2016
- Bench
- A.K. SIKRI, R.K. AGRAWAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 142
Headnote
F G H (20 l 6] 2 S.C.R. 772 VOHRA SADIKBHAI RAJAKBHAI & ORS. .v. STATE OF GUJARAT & ORS. (Civil Appeal No. 1866of2016) MAY 10, 2016. [A.K. SIKRI AND R.K. AGRAWAL, JJ.J Compensation: Damage to private property - Claim for compensation - Release of 60, 000 cusecs of water from dam - Because dam amounted to negligence on the part of respondents or it was inevitable due to heavy rains and be treated as an 'act of God' - Held: It was incumbent upon the respondents to demonstrate, by adequate evidence, that the water in the dam was kept at reasonable and proper level to take care of
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